3" Floppy Disc Drive Interface. Computer Port (Connector)
3" Floppy Disc Drive Interfaces
(34W IDC connector for floppy drive)
Spectrum +3 External FDD Interface: (1) | Amstrad 3" model FD-1 FDD: (2) | |||||
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Direction | 34w Edge Connector (3) | 34w IDC Connector | Description | Description | 26w IDC Connector | Direction |
IN | B1 | 34 | /READY | /READY | 25 | OUT |
- | T2 | 33 | Signal Ground | Signal Ground | 26 | - |
OUT | B3 | 32 | /SIDE 1 SELECT | /??? (4) | 23 | IN? |
- | T4 | 31 | Signal Ground | Signal Ground | 24 | - |
IN | B5 | 30 | /READ DATA | /READ DATA | 21 | OUT |
- | T6 | 29 | Signal Ground | Signal Ground | 22 | - |
IN | B7 | 28 | /WRITE PROTECT | /WRITE PROTECT | 19 | OUT |
- | T8 | 27 | Signal Ground | Signal Ground | 20 | - |
IN | B9 | 26 | /TRACK 0 | /TRACK 00 | 17 | OUT |
- | T10 | 25 | Signal Ground | Signal Ground | 18 | - |
OUT | B11 | 24 | /WRITE GATE | /WRITE GATE | 15 | IN |
- | T12 | 23 | Signal Ground | Signal Ground | 16 | - |
OUT | B13 | 22 | /WRITE DATA | /WRITE DATA | 13 | IN |
- | T14 | 21 | Signal Ground | Signal Ground | 14 | - |
OUT | B15 | 20 | /STEP | /STEP | 11 | IN |
- | T16 | 19 | Signal Ground | Signal Ground | 12 | - |
OUT | B17 | 18 | /DIRECTION SELECT | /DIRECTION SELECT | 9 | IN |
- | T18 | 17 | Signal Ground | Signal Ground | 10 | - |
OUT | B19 | 16 | /MOTOR ON | /MOTOR ON | 7 | IN |
- | T20 | 15 | Signal Ground | Signal Ground | 8 | - |
- | B21 | 14 | Not Used (NC) | - | - | - |
- | T22 | 13 | Signal Ground | - | - | - |
OUT | B23 | 12 | /DRIVE SELECT 1 | NC? | 5 | - |
- | T24 | 11 | Signal Ground | Signal Ground | 6 | - |
- | B25 | 10 | Not Used (NC) | /DRIVE SELECT 0 | 3 | IN |
- | T26 | 9 | Signal Ground | Signal Ground | 4 | - |
IN | B27 | 8 | /INDEX | /INDEX | 1 | OUT |
- | T28 | 7 | Signal Ground | Signal Ground | 2 | - |
- | B29 | 6 | Not Used (NC) | - | - | - |
- | T30 | 5 | Signal Ground | - | - | - |
- | B31 | 4 | Not Used (NC) | - | - | - |
- | T32 | 3 | Signal Ground | - | - | - |
- | B33 | 2 | Not Used (NC) | - | - | - |
- | T34 | 1 | Signal Ground | - | - | - |
(1) From Spectrum +3 Manual
(2) By inspection of hardware: Drive is equivalent to a PCW8256/8512 "A" drive
(3) B=Bottom row, T=Top row
(4) Possibly not used as the drive is single-sided